Wagon-pole tip.



No. 653,426. Y Patented July I0, |900.. L. A. NADEAU.

WAGON POLE TIP.

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No. 653,426. Patented July I0, |900. L. A. NADEAU.

WAGGN POLE TIP.

(Application med oct. s1, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES' PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS A. NADEAU, OF ST. ATHANASE, CANADA.

WAGON-POLE TIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,426, dated July 10,1900.

Application led October 31, 1899. Serial No. 735,443. (No model.)

To LZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, Louis ALPHONSE NA- DEAU, a subject of Her Majestythe Queen of Great Britain, residing at St. Athanase dIberville, countyof Iberville, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Pole-Tips; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in pole-tips.

The object of my invention is to provide a construction of thischaracter which is neat and attractive in appearance, durable inconstruction, simple and efcient in operation, and which can bemanufactured at a low cost.

To these and other ends my invention consists in the improvedconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, in which similar numerals of reference indicate similarparts in all of the views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedpole-tip, showing a neck-yoke attached thereto, parts being broken awayto allow of the viewing on a larger scale. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional View showing` the neckyoke in cross-section and the pole-tipin longitudinal section.

1 designates the pole or wagon-tongue, having its front end providedwith the pole-tip 2 and havingr its rear portion recessed, as at 3, toreceive the front end of the pole or tongue, the tip being held inposition by means of bolts 4.

The tip 2 is provided with forwardly-extending flanges 5, formed at thesides and bottom of the tip, thereby providing a recess having its frontand top open. Secured within the body of the tip is a U-shaped portion6, having its free end located within the recess inclosed by the flanges5, said portion extending downward within said recess to a point injuxtaposition to the bottom of the recess, a sufficient space being leftbetween the end of the portion 6 and the bottom to allow of theinsertion of the ring 7, formed on the band or clip 8, secured centrallyof the neck-yoke 9. By this construction it will be readily seen thatwhen it is desired to insert the neck-yoke the ring 7 is' passed betweenthe end of the portion 6 and the bottom flange 5, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2, after which the neckyoke is raised and carried to theposition shown in Fig. 1 and in full lines in Fig. 2. When it is desiredto release the neck-yoke, it is carried downward to the position shownin dotted lines, from Where it can be readily removed. It is obviousthat by this construction the neck-yoke is free to have a slight pivotalmovement on the U -shaped portion 6, yet will be securely held againstany liability of becoming unfastened by the animals connected to theneck-yoke.

The advantage of placing the end of the U- shaped portion within thepartially-inclosed recess lies in the fact that it renders theaccidental removal of the yoke extremely diflicult, in addition to whichthere is no liability of any of the harness-such as the lines, &c.-catching under the hook and thus causing the driver to temporarily losecontrol of the draftanimals.

The'neck-yoke 9 may be of any desired construction, but as shown it hasits ends provided with breast strap attachments 10, formed substantiallyas shown in the drawings, consisting of the encircling portion 11,adapted to fit the end of the neck-yoke,the free ends of said portionextending rearwardly, as shown. A bolt 12 is passed through said freeends. As shown in the drawings, the outer edge of the attachment 10 isrounded, by means of which the lines, duc. ,will readily pass from theneck-yoke. To firmly secure the attachment in position, the encirclingportion 1l is provided with a laterally-extending portion I4,countersunk into the neck-yoke and secured therein by suitable means,such as screws 15. The advantages of this construction are many; but asthey are obvious or have been heretofore explained it is believed to beunnecessary to set them forth in detail.

While I have herein shown a preferred form of carrying my invention intoeect, yet I do not desire to limit myself to such preferred details ofconstruction, but claim the right to use any and all modificationsthereof which will serve to carry into eect the objects to be attainedby this invention in so far as such modifications and changes may IOOKCI

fall Within the spirit and scope of my said invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- A pole-tip,comprising at its rear end flanges adapted to embrace the end of thepole, bolts for securing said tip to the pole, said tip having at itsfront end a partiallyinclosed recess, a hook rigidlysecured to said tipand having its free end extending into ro said recess, whereby aneck-yoke, having an attaching-ring may be removably secured on saidhook portion, substantially as described. Signed at St. AthanasedIberville, Canada.

L. A. NADEAU. XVitnesses:

J. M. BELANGER, JOSEPH BERGERON.

